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militarize (verb), militarizes; militarized; militarizing
1. To equip or train someone or group of people for war: The armed forces was militarizing, or mobilizing, the soldiers with weapons.
2. To convert something such as a piece of land or a building for soldiers to use: The vacated lot was militarized with housing for the troops.
3. To persuade somebody to support a policy of aiding and promoting the armed forces: The officer tried to militarize the group of students on the street with the principles and spirit of the army.

War is the science of destruction.

—John Abbott
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